Grace, Nicki Dodson, Sophie

The girls went to their first Young Women event this week. New Beginnings welcomes in all the girls who will become Beehives this year.It is hard for me to believe they are old enough to be in YW. Goodness. I am excited for Grace and Sophie to have all the blessings of the YW program though. There is a youth temple trip already planned for May 7th on their birthday! So exciting. Nicki is a sweetheart and a good friend to both girls.

 
  I happened to mention to Mom that since we moved we couldn't find any of our cookie cutters. So she sent 300+. Awesome! Every shape you can think of! These other pictures are of Grace and Sophie's awards assemblies from school. They both are doing so well in 6th grade, on Honor Roll. Sophie earned a special award for an online math program she spends a lot of time on. Her class was supposed to do 25 lessons by the end of the semester, she did more then 300. Because she likes them. It is fun to her. Grace got an award for her photo and a few other things. I'm so proud of them both.

We had a sports filled weekend. This is Luke and the other All-Stars from his basketball program. 2 kids from each team were invited to participate and he was so excited to be included! His team actually lost the All-Star game. It was so close all game, back and forth, and then the other team went on a run at the end. Still a really great experience. I was so proud of how hard Luke played and his sportsmanship.

 Luke is a hard worker on the court. He scraps for every ball that comes his way. The kid in this picture has got to be 40 pounds bigger then Luke.

 Noah competed in a karate tournament on Saturday. He won first place in his division for grappling (karate type of wrestling) and a second in sword fighting. I was so proud of him! He just works and works and doesn't give up. There were about 16 kids in his division, all about same belts and experience. Mike Carr karate has been such a blessing to Noah. Great experiences. Mike knows his students by name. I'm not sure how he does it but I am grateful for his influence on my son. He is so very kind and supportive while at the same time demanding the best of his students and not putting up with them not giving it. Noah was a little disappointed to get second in sword fighting, the winner got to go to a championship round and he really wanted to. So he did not want any pictures at the end of his trophy and all ribbons together. He did an amazing job!

 

 Luke and Noah's last basketball game. I am happy and sad at the same time. Both boys have had a great experience and learned so much! Plus being in the Rock Gym is fun, it is 100ish years old. I am really glad Summerfield Elementary restored it and incorporated it into their school. But I have to admit that I am always glad when we get a few less commitments as a family.